Relatively mediocre

Kaela 2022-03-20 09:01:06

Perhaps the expectations for "Interstellar" were so high that I didn't feel it when I walked out of the theater. This movie is too mediocre, at least by Nolan's standards.

The movie can be regarded as a space adventure movie, with family love as a plot aid, and as one of the core themes, together supporting the ultimate proposition of human survival. So in terms of adventure movies, the plot is barely clear. There are space disasters and human struggles, but playing around is just a last-minute rescue, but the scene is placed in outer space, which is similar to other commercial movies. Too many bright colors than nothing.

According to the space movie, Nolan chose 2D correctly, because the picture is really not very impressive. Movies are mostly close-ups and close-ups of characters. There are few panoramic shots in space (CG should be easy to do), and most of them appear as backgrounds. The display of the spacecraft's equipment is even more inadequate. The lens is monotonous, and the port side lens of the spacecraft has appeared at least 8 times. Compared with "Gravity", all this is insignificant.

According to the theme of the movie, it can be briefly summarized into three points: One is the love of human beings. The word "love" has been said countless times in the mouths of rational scientists, the main part of which is the father-daughter love of the protagonist, so that Nuolanhua took an hour to set up and portray it. The relationship between father and daughter is not bad, but the character is too flat, back and forth is to show "stubbornness", especially the role of the son is even more tasteless; the

second is the survival of human beings. Whether to save the human beings on the earth or colonize the future of mankind is a good topic, but the movie is only used as a conflict point in the plot, and it is not described in depth, but for commercial movies, it is considered good;

The third is the insignificance of mankind in the face of time and the universe. It is said that this is very shocking, but I have seen enough examples of the theory of relativity. For me, the challenge of time can only be used as a movie gimmick. There is still a certain distance to shock the audience.

All in all, every aspect of the movie is quite ordinary. With such a high score, I will treat it as a breakdown in my aesthetics, but I am faithful to my own judgment.

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Extended Reading
  • Hassie 2022-04-24 07:01:01

    I reject all malicious slander of "The Wandering Earth"; I reject all malicious slander of "Interstellar" because of "The Wandering Earth".

  • Concepcion 2022-04-24 07:01:01

    It's good-looking, it's a good movie, but Nolan is still Nolan. At the beginning, he thought that Nolan would break through himself, but he didn't, and he still couldn't let go of his little tricks. It's not a Kubrick roam, and that's a good thing, because Nolan doesn't need a comparison. In any case, this is an epic work, don't compare it with Gravity and Gone Girl, because compared with them, the latter are like the work of people who dare not think about it, dare not imagine it.

Interstellar quotes

  • [Cooper is sitting at a parent/teacher meeting with the principal and one of Murph's teachers who wants to punish Murph for believing in the Apollo mission to the moon]

    Ms. Kelly: Murph got into a fistfight with several of her classmates over this Apollo nonsense. So we thought it would be best to bring you in and see what ideas you might have for dealing with her behavior on the home front.

    Cooper: Alright, yeah, you know what? There's a game tomorrow night. She's going through a bit of a baseball phase. Her favorite team's playing, There's gonna be candy and soda...

    [smiles]

    Cooper: I think I'll take her to that.

    [cut to Cooper walking back to his truck, quietly whistling]

    Young Murph: How'd it go?

    Cooper: [awkwardly] I got you suspended.

  • [after Mann breaks Cooper's helmet and leaves him for dead]

    Dr. Mann: I'm sorry. I can't watch you go through this. I'm sorry. I thought I could, but I can't. I'm here. I'm here for you. Just listen to my voice, Cooper. I'm right here. You're not alone.

    Dr. Mann: [looking back] Do you see your children? It's okay, they're right there with you.

    Dr. Mann: [turns to leave] Did Professor Brand tell you that poem before you left? Do you remember? "Do not go gentle... into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day. Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

    [Mann switches off his transmitter. Cooper chokes; Cooper manages to get his long-range transmitter reinstalled]

    Cooper: [gasping] MURPH! HELP! HELP!

    Cooper: Cooper? CASE! Go! Go!

    Cooper: No... No air... ammonia...

    Brand: Cooper, we're coming! Hang in there, don't talk! Try to breathe as little as possible, we're almost there!